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    Quote Originally Posted by Oscar View Post
    I'm sure that the family and friends of the people whose existence is suddenly and violently snuffed out are very concerned about the stress that drone operators suffer.

    This is little more than state sanctioned murder, in what is officially an Allied Nation. There are no good guy left in this conflict.
    And if their friends and associates were plotting to kill your family that would be unsanctioned, but it's no better.

    An eye for an eye, its the way the world has always been. When you realise that humans are just animals with more brain power than the rest of the food chain it's not so hard to swallow. Just be thankful you live in an obscure island nation in the middle of nowhere that doesn't put itself forward as a target for middle eastern terrorists.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R6_kid View Post
    And if their friends and associates were plotting to kill your family that would be unsanctioned, but it's no better.

    An eye for an eye, its the way the world has always been. When you realise that humans are just animals with more brain power than the rest of the food chain it's not so hard to swallow. Just be thankful you live in an obscure island nation in the middle of nowhere that doesn't put itself forward as a target for middle eastern terrorists.
    You're good with the obvious.

    The point is that the USA and the West are supposed to be the good guys here.
    God knows how many people have died in this conflict, where one of the core beliefs is to bring Western Democracy and Rule of Law to these places.

    Modern Democracies (or Republics in the US case) are supposed to be past extra-legal killing and torture. The bad guys do that.

    In this case the bad guys are terrorist criminals, sure - but under our system even terrorist criminals get due process. What the USA is doing not only ignores due process of the law (and several international treaties), they kill innocent civillains as well.

    I ask you again, who are the good guys?

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    Damn, must get me one of those. Drones that fire missiles - way cool!

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